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- Jack Johnson became the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908. He held onto the belt until 1915. John Mercer Langston was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
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Feb 16, 2017 · Northeast Ohio has played home and hosted African-Americans who excelled in arts and sciences, transcended sports and shaped American culture. John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer. 43 notable...
Feb 9, 2023 · In 1880, George Washington Williams was the first African American to serve in the Ohio House of Representatives. Beyond that, he is notable for writing the first comprehensive history of African Americans from their own point of view: The two-volume, “History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and ...
Jan 31, 2024 · By Ohio.org Staff. Posted On: Jan 31, 2024. Ohio is rich with history. It was the first free state formed from the Northwest Territory and home to Wilberforce University - the first private historically Black college or university (HBCU). It's also the birthplace of presidents, astronauts, inventors, and writers.
George A. Myers was an Ohio African-American politician, owner of the Hollenden Hotel barber shop in Cleveland, Ohio, and member of the Ohio Republican State Executive Committee.
Feb 7, 2022 · By Tamu Thomas. Published: Feb. 7, 2022 at 6:20 AM PST | Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 6:58 AM PST. CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - In honor of Black History Month, 19 News shines a light on Cleveland-area...
Feb 24, 2011 · 1988-National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center opened in Wilberforce. 1988 - Toni Morrison from Lorain won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her fifth novel Beloved. 2002 - Halle Berry, from Cleveland, was the first African American woman to win Best Actress for Monsters Ball.
Ohio was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad. While some escaped slaves passed through Ohio on the way to Canada, a large number settled in Ohio, particularly in growing cities like Cleveland and Cincinnati. By 1860, almost 37,000 African-Americans lived in Ohio.
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